Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) is a world-renowned poet, writer, novelist, essayist and artist known for creating works that bridged the gap between common people and those sitting at the highest echelons of power in India in pre-Independence years. His works mark the onset of modernism in literature and art, and he was also awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for his exemplary contribution.